29 minutes ago Walmart Canada axing some property controls amid grocery competition scrutiny

Walmart Canada says it’s getting rid of property controls relating to retail competition across the country. The grocery industry’s use of property controls, which are terms baked into commercial leases that put restrictions on other tenants and their activities, has recently come under scrutiny. Walmart said Friday it decided to “unilaterally waive any competitive retail […]

Culture

29 minutes ago Three to See Edmonton Events: Downtown Winterval, AGA 100 Art Party and Marlena Wyman at Bugera Matheson

Downtown Winterval: This now-annual cluster of city-core fun is a sweet blend of ice carving, shiny lights, maple taffy, Christmas markets, sleigh rides, art installations, Santa photos, and local businesses offering deals. Top that off with warm street music on the central main stage, with Melafrique at 5 p.m., Major Love at 6 p.m. then […]

Culture

49 minutes ago Waiting for a passport? 85,000 set to be mailed when Canada Post strike ends

Meanwhile, passport applicants can go to Service Canada centres to process their applications or send them by courier.

Sport

62 minutes ago Postes Canada annonce une perte avant impôts de 315 M$ au troisième trimestre

La société d’État continue à perdre des parts de marché, une situation que risque d’aggraver la grève en cours.

Economics

70 minutes ago AM Best Assigns Issue Credit Rating to Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited’s Senior Unsecured Notes

OLDWICK, N.J. — AM Best has assigned a Long-Term Issue Credit Rating of “bbb+” (Good) to the recently issued CAD 450 million, 4.73% senior unsecured notes, due November 2034, and CAD 250 million, 5.23% senior unsecured notes, due November 2054, of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (Fairfax) (Toronto, Canada) [TSX: FFH]. The outlook assigned to these […]

Economics

71 minutes ago Blair defends Canada’s defence spending plan as ‘credible’ amid criticism

Defence Minister Bill Blair says Canada's plan to hit its NATO spending target is 'realistic' despite a watchdog report that cast doubt and harsh words from a U.S. critic.

Events

1 hour ago Canada Post reports $315 million loss in third quarter as strike continues

The financial losses coincide with an escalating work stoppage that is entering its second week

Economics

1 hour ago Colorado funeral home owners accused of letting 190 bodies decay plead guilty to corpse abuse

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The owners of a Colorado funeral home accused of piling 190 bodies inside a room-temperature building and giving the grieving relatives fake ashes pleaded guilty Friday to corpse abuse as aggrieved families looked on in court. Jon and Carie Hallford, who own the Return to Nature Funeral Home, began storing bodies […]

Events

2 hours ago Toronto's $27 billion Ontario Line just crossed its biggest construction milestone so far

The new Ontario Line subway has just crossed its most important construction milestone to date, with the province announcing on Friday that it had broken ground on the tunnelled phase of the new 15.6-km line connecting Exhibition Place with the recently-shuttered Ontario Science Centre.Friday marked the start of excavation for the tunnel's launch shaft at the future Exhibition Station, kicking off construction of the first major subway tunnel constructed through downtown Toronto in more than six decades.It has been a hot start to construction since the project's December 2021 ground breaking. Now approaching the three-year anniversary of shovels hitting the ground, work is set to embark on the six-kilometre-long tunnels that will carry Ontario Line trains between Exhibition Station...

Economics

2 hours ago Ontario signs deal for $108M over three years in federal school food funding

Ontario has signed an agreement with the federal government for $108 million in funding for school nutrition programs, which officials say will allow the province’s program to serve more children. The federal Liberal government set aside $1 billion over five years to expand access to such programs across the country after pressure from federal New […]

Society